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Letter: Raise minimum wage

It’s time for Gov. Terry Branstad and the Iowa Legislature to raise the minimum wage to at least $12 an hour, with anti-wage-theft provisions included, as recommended by Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund members.

I’m not just an Iowa CCI Action Fund member, I’m also a full-time college student at Iowa State University, and I make only about $400 per month in wages at a pizza restaurant, even though I work 30 to 35 hours a week while taking a full university course load. That’s barely enough to make ends meet, much less pay for school. My student loan debt goes up and up because the restaurant doesn’t pay me enough to afford tuition without taking out student loans.

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